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H?-M?m. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'?n, and none but All?h (Alone) knows their meanings]. The revelation of the Book (this Qur’?n) is from All?h the All-Mighty, the All-Knower. The Forgiver of sin, the Acceptor of repentance, the Severe in punishment, the Bestower (of favours), L? il?ha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), to Him is the final return. None disputes in the Ay?t (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of All?h but those who disbelieve. So let not their ability of going about here and there through the land (for their purposes) deceive you [O Muhammad their ultimate end will be the Fire of Hell]! The people of N?h (Noah) and the confederates after them denied (their Messengers) before these, and every (disbelieving) nation plotted against their Messenger to seize him, and disputed by means of falsehood to refute therewith the truth. So I seized them (with punishment), and how (terrible) was My punishment! Thus has the Word of your Lord been justified against those who disbelieved, that they will be the dwellers of the Fire. Those (angels) who bear the Throne (of All?h) and those around it glorify the praises of their Lord, and believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who believe (in the Oneness of All?h) (saying): “Our Lord! You comprehend all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who repent and follow Your Way, and save them from the torment of the blazing Fire! Our Lord! And make them enter the ‘Adn (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens) which you have promised them, and to the righteous among their fathers, their wives, and their offspring! Verily, You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. and save them from (the punishment, because of what they did of) the sins, and whomsoever You save from (the punishment, because of what they did of) the sins (i.e. excuse them) that Day, him verily, You have taken into mercy.” And that is the supreme success. Those who disbelieve will be addressed (at the time of entering into the Fire): “All?h’s aversion was greater towards you (in the worldly life when you used to reject the Faith) than your aversion towards one another (now in the Fire of Hell, as you are now enemies to one another), when you were called to the Faith but you used to refuse. They will say: “Our Lord! You have made us to die twice (i.e. we were dead in the loins of our fathers and dead after our deaths in this world), and You have given us life twice (i.e. life when we were born and life when we are Resurrected)! Now we confess our sins, then is there any way to get out (of the Fire)? It will be said): “This is because, when All?h Alone was invoked (in worship, etc.) you disbelieved, but when partners were joined to Him, you believed! So the judgement is only with All?h, the Most High, the Most Great! It is He, Who shows you His Ay?t (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and sends down (rain with which grows) provision for you from the sky. And none remembers but those who turn (to All?h) in obedience and in repentance (by begging His Pardon and by worshipping and obeying Him Alone and none else). So, call you (O Muhammad and the believers) upon (or invoke) All?h making (your) worship pure for Him (Alone) (by worshipping none but Him and by doing religious deeds sincerely for All?h’s sake only and not to show-off and not to set up rivals with Him in worship). However much the disbelievers (in the Oneness of All?h) may hate (it). (He is All?h) Owner of High Ranks and Degrees, the Owner of the Throne. He sends the Inspiration by His Command to any of His slaves He wills, that he (the person who receives inspiration) may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting (i.e. The Day of Resurrection). The Day when they will (all) come out, nothing of them will be hidden from All?h. Whose is the kingdom this Day? (All?h Himself will reply to His Question): It is All?h’s the One, the Irresistible! This Day shall every person be recompensed for what he earned. No injustice (shall be done to anybody). Truly, All?h is Swift in reckoning. and warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day that is drawing near (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), when the hearts will be choking the throats, and they can neither return them (hearts) to their chests nor can they throw them out. There will be no friend, nor an intercessor for the Z?lim?n (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.), who could be given heed to. All?h knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal. and All?h judges with truth, while those to whom they invoke besides Him, cannot judge anything. Certainly, All?h! He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.

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When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown). and when the stars shall fall; and when the mountains shall made to pass away; and when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected; and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; and when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow; and when the souls shall be joined with their bodies; and when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned.  For what sin she was killed? and when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open; and when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; and when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. and when Paradise shall be brought near, Then every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil). So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night). and by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, and by the night as it departs and by the dawn as it brightens; Verily, this is the Word (this Qur’?n brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibrael (Gabriel), from All?h to the Prophet Muhammad. Owner of power, and high rank with (All?h) the Lord of the Throne, Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). and (O people) your companion (Muhammad is not a madman and indeed he (Muhammad saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east). and he (Muhammad withholds not a knowledge of the unseen. and it (the Qur’?n) is not the word of the outcast Shait?n (Satan). Then where are you going? Verily, this (the Qur’?n) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the ‘Alam?n (mankind and jinns). To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight, and you will not, unless (it be) that All?h wills, the Lord of the ‘Alam?n (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

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T??S?n. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'?n, and none but All?h (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses of the Qur’?n, and (it is) a Book (that makes things) clear A guide (to the Right Path); and glad tidings for the believers [who believe in the Oneness of All?h (i.e. Isl?mic Monotheism)]. Those who perform As?Sal?t (Iq?mat?as?Sal?t) and give Zak?t and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter (resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).  Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so they wander about blindly. They are those for whom there will be an evil torment (in this world). And in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers. and verily, you (O Muhammad) are receiving the Qur’?n from the One, All-Wise, All-Knowing. (Remember) when M?sa (Moses) said to his household: “Verily! I have seen a fire, I will bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand, that you may warm yourselves. But when he came to it, he was called: “Blessed is whosoever is in the fire, and whosoever is round about it! And glorified be All?h, the Lord of the ‘Alam?n (mankind, jinns and all that exists). O M?sa (Moses)! Verily! It is I, All?h, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. and throw down your stick!” But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake, he turned in flight, and did not look back. (It was said): “O M?sa (Moses)! Fear not, verily! The Messengers fear not in front of Me. Except him who has done wrong and afterwards has changed evil for good, then surely, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. and put your hand into your bosom, it will come forth white without hurt. (These are) among the nine signs (you will take) to Fir’aun (Pharaoh) and his people, they are a people who are the F?siq?n (rebellious, disobedient to All?h). But when Our Ay?t (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) came to them, clear to see, they said: “This is a manifest magic. and they belied them (those Ay?t) wrongfully and arrogantly, though their ownselves were convinced thereof [i.e. those (Ay?t) are from All?h, and M?sa (Moses) is the Messenger of All?h in truth, but they disliked to obey M?sa (Moses), and hated to believe in his Message of Monotheism]. So see what was the end of the Mufsid?n (disbelievers, disobedient to All?h, evil-doers, liars.). and indeed We gave knowledge to Daw?d (David) and Sulaim?n (Solomon), and they both said: “All the praises and thanks be to All?h, Who has preferred us above many of His believing slaves! and Sulaim?n (Solomon) inherited (the knowledge of) Daw?d (David). He said: “O mankind! We have been taught the language of birds, and on us have been bestowed all things. This, verily, is an evident grace (from All?h). and there were gathered before Sulaim?n (Solomon) his hosts of jinns and men, and birds, and they all were set in battle order (marching forwards). Till, when they came to the valley of the ants, one of the ants said: “O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Sulaim?n (Solomon) and his hosts crush you, while they perceive not. So he [Sulaim?n (Solomon)] smiled, amused at her speech and said: “My Lord! Inspire and bestow upon me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favours which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among Your righteous slaves. He inspected the birds, and said: “What is the matter that I see not the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees? I will surely punish him with a severe torment, or slaughter him, unless he brings me a clear reason. But the hoopoe stayed not long, he (came up and) said: “I have grasped (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not grasped and I have come to you from Saba’ (Sheba) with true news. I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given all things that could be possessed by any ruler of the earth, and she has a great throne. I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of All?h, and Shait?n (Satan) has made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and has barred them from (All?h’s) Way, so they have no guidance, Al-L? (this word has two interpretations) (A) [As Shait?n (Satan) has barred them from All?h's Way] so that they do not worship (prostrate before) All?h, or (B) So that they may worship (prostrate before) All?h, Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knows what you conceal and what you reveal. [Tafsir At-Tabar?, Vol. 19, Page 149] All?h, L? il?ha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Lord of the Supreme Throne! [Sulaim?n (Solomon)] said: “We shall see whether you speak the truth or you are (one) of the liars. Go you with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them, then draw back from them, and see what (answer) they return.

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The revelation of this Book (the Qur’?n) is from All?h, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. Verily, We have sent down the Book to you (O Muhammad) in truth: So worship All?h (Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for All?h’s sake only, (and not to show-off, and not to set up rivals with Him in worship). Surely, the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for All?h only. And those who take Auliy?’ (protectors and helpers) besides Him (say): “We worship them only that they may bring us near to All?h.” Verily, All?h will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Truly, All?h guides not him who is a liar, and a disbeliever. Had All?h willed to take a son (or offspring or children), He could have chosen whom He pleased out of those whom He created. But glory be to Him! (He is above such things). He is All?h, the One, the Irresistible. He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. He makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night. And He has subjected the sun and the moon. Each running (on a fixed course) for an appointed term. Verily, He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving. He created you (all) from a single person (Adam); then made from him his wife [Hawwa' (Eve)]. And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs (of the sheep, two, male and female; of the goats, two, male and female; of the oxen, two, male and female; and of the camels, two, male and female). He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation in three veils of darkness, such is All?h your Lord. His is the kingdom, L? il?ha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turned away? If you disbelieve, then verily, All?h is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith for you. No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, so He will inform you what you used to do. Verily, He is the All-Knower of that which is in (men’s) breasts. and when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord (All?h Alone), turning to Him in repentance, but when He bestows a favour upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before, and he sets up rivals to All?h, in order to mislead others from His Path. Say: “Take pleasure in your disbelief for a while: surely, you are (one) of the dwellers of the Fire! Is one who is obedient to All?h, prostrating himself or standing (in prayer) during the hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord (like one who disbelieves)? Say: “Are those who know equal to those who know not?” It is only men of understanding who will remember (i.e. get a lesson from All?h’s Signs and Verses). Say (O Muhammad): “O My slaves who believe (in the Oneness of All?h Isl?mic Monotheism), be afraid of your Lord (All?h) and keep your duty to Him. Good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world, and All?h’s earth is spacious (so if you cannot worship All?h at a place, then go to another)! Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning. Say (O Muhammad): Verily, I am commanded to worship All?h (Alone) by obeying Him and doing religious deeds sincerely for All?h’s sake only and not to show off, and not to set up rivals with Him in worship; and I am commanded (this) in order that I may be the first of those who submit themselves to All?h (in Isl?m) as Muslims. Say (O Muhammad): “Verily, if I disobey my Lord, I am afraid of the torment of a great Day. Say (O Muhammad) “All?h Alone I worship by doing religious deeds sincerely for His sake only and not to show-off, and not to set up rivals with Him in worship. So worship what you like besides Him. Say (O Muhammad): “The losers are those who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Verily, that will be a manifest loss! They shall have coverings of Fire, above them and covering (of Fire) beneath them; with this All?h does frighten His slaves: “O My slaves, therefore fear Me! Those who avoid At-T?gh?t (false deities) by not worshipping them and turn to All?h in repentance, for them are glad tidings; so announce the good news to My slaves, Those who listen to the Word [good advice L? il?ha ill-All?h (none has the right to be worshipped but All?h) and Isl?mic Monotheism, etc.] and follow the best thereof (i.e. worship All?h Alone, repent to Him and avoid T?gh?t, etc.) those are (the ones) whom All?h has guided and those are men of understanding (like Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail, Salm?n Al-F?risi and Ab? Dhar Al-Ghif?r?). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol. 12, P. 244] Is, then one against whom the Word of punishment justified (equal to the one who avoids evil). Will you (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire? But those who fear All?h and keep their duty to their Lord (All?h), for them are built lofty rooms; one above another under which rivers flow (i.e. Paradise). (This is) the Promise of All?h: and All?h does not fail in (His) Promise. See you not, that All?h sends down water (rain) from the sky, and causes it to penetrate the earth, (and then makes it to spring up) as water-springs and afterward thereby produces crops of different colours, and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow, then He makes them dry and broken pieces. Verily, in this, is a Reminder for men of understanding. Is he whose breast All?h has opened to Isl?m, so that he is in light from His Lord (as he who is non-Muslim)? So, woe to those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of All?h! They are in plain error! All?h has sent down the best statement, a Book (this Qur’?n), its parts resembling each other in goodness and truth, oft-repeated. The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it (when they recite it or hear it). Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of All?h. That is the guidance of All?h. He Guides therewith whom He pleases and whomever All?h sends astray, for him there is no guide. Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection (as he who enters peacefully in Paradise)? And it will be said to the Z?lim?n (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.): “Taste what you used to earn!  Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not. So All?h made them to taste the disgrace in the present life, but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew.

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Alif?L?m?M?m. These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’?n, and none but All?h (Alone) knows their meanings. Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: “We believe,” and will not be tested. and We indeed tested those who were before them. And All?h will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although All?h knows all that before putting them to test). Or those who do evil deeds think that they can outstrip Us (i.e. escape Our Punishment)? Evil is that which they judge! Whoever hopes for the Meeting with All?h, then All?h’s Term is surely coming. and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. and whosoever strives, he strives only for himself. Verily, All?h is free of all wants from the ‘Alam?n (mankind, jinns, and all that exists). Those who believe [in the Oneness of All?h  Monotheism and in Messenger Muhammad, and do not apostate because of the harm they receive from the polytheists], and do righteous good deeds, surely, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall reward them according to the best of that which they used to do. and We have enjoined on man to be good and dutiful to his parents, but if they strive to make you join with Me (in worship) anything (as a partner) of which you have no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is your return, and I shall tell you what you used to do. and for those who believe (in the Oneness of All?h and other items of Faith) and do righteous good deeds, surely, We shall make them enter in (the enterance of) the righteous (i.e. in Paradise). Of mankind are some who say: “We believe in All?h,” but if they are made to suffer for the sake of All?h, they consider the trial of mankind as All?h’s punishment, and if victory comes from your Lord, (the hypocrites) will say: “Verily! We were with you (helping you).” Is not All?h Best Aware of what is in the breast of the ‘Alam?n (mankind and jinns). Verily, All?h knows those who believe, and verily, He knows the hypocrites [i.e. All?h will test the people with good and hard days to discriminate the good from the wicked (although All?h knows all that before putting them to test)]. and those who disbelieve say to those who believe: “Follow our way and we will verily bear your sins,” never will they bear anything of their sins. Surely, they are liars. and verily, they shall bear their own loads, and other loads besides their own, and verily, they shall be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about that which they used to fabricate. and indeed We sent N?h (Noah) to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years [inviting them to believe in the Oneness of All?h (Monotheism), and discard the false gods and other deities], and the Deluge overtook them while they were Z?lim?n (wrong-doers, polytheists, disbelievers, etc.) then We saved him and those with him in the ship, and made it (the ship) as an Ay?h (a lesson, a warning, etc.) for the ‘Alam?n (mankind, jinns and all that exists). and (remember) Ibr?him (Abraham) when he said to his people: “Worship All?h (Alone), and fear Him, that is better for you if you did but know. You worship besides All?h only idols, and you only invent falsehood. Verily, those whom you worship besides All?h have no power to give you provision, so seek your provision from All?h (Alone), and worship Him (Alone), and be grateful to Him. To Him (Alone) you will be brought back. and if you deny, then nations before you have denied (their Messengers). And the duty of the Messenger is only to convey (the Message) plainly. See they not how All?h originates creation, then repeats it. Verily, that is easy for All?h. Say: “Travel in the land and see how (All?h) originated creation, and then All?h will bring forth (resurrect) the creation of the Hereafter (i.e. resurrection after death). Verily, All?h is Able to do all things. He punishes whom He will, and shows mercy to whom He will, and to Him you will be returned. and you cannot escape in the earth or in the heaven. And besides All?h you have neither any Wal? (Protector or Guardian) nor any Helper. and those who disbelieve in the Ay?t (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of All?h and the Meeting with Him, it is they who have no hope of My Mercy, and it is they who will (have) a painful torment. So nothing was the answer of [Ibrah?m's (Abraham)] people except that they said: “Kill him or burn him.” Then All?h saved him from the fire. Verily, in this are indeed signs for a people who believe.

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O Prophet (Muhammad)! Keep your duty to All?h, and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites (i.e., do not follow their advices). Verily! All?h is Ever All?Knower, All?Wise. and follow that which is inspired in you from your Lord. Verily, All?h is Well?Acquainted with what you do. and put your trust in All?h, and Sufficient is All?h as a Wak?l (Trustee, or Disposer of affairs). All?h has not put for any man two hearts inside his body. Neither has He made your wives whom you declare to be like your mothers’ backs, your real mothers. [Az?Zih?r is the saying of a husband to his wife, "You are to me like the back of my mother" i.e. You are unlawful for me to approach.], nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons. That is but your saying with your mouths. But All?h says the truth, and He guides to the (Right) Way. Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with All?h. But if you know not their father’s (names, call them) your brothers in faith and Maw?l?kum (your freed slaves). And there is no sin on you if you make a mistake therein, except in regard to what your hearts deliberately intend. And All?h is Ever Oft?Forgiving, Most Merciful.  The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves, and his wives are their (believers’) mothers (as regards respect and marriage). And blood relations among each other have closer personal ties in the Decree of All?h (regarding inheritance) than (the brotherhood of) the believers and the Muhajir?n (emigrants from Makkah, etc.), except that you do kindness to those brothers (when the Prophet joined them in brotherhood ties). This has been written in the (All?h’s Book of Divine) Decrees (Al?Lauh Al?Mahf?z). and (remember) when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you (O Muhammad), and from N?h (Noah), Ibr?him (Abraham), M?sa (Moses), and ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). We took from them a strong covenant. That He may ask the truthfuls (All?h’s Messengers and His Prophets) about their truth (i.e. the conveyance of All?h’s Message that which they were charged with). And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful torment (Hell-fire). O you who believe! Remember All?h’s Favour to you, when there came against you hosts, and We sent against them a wind and forces that you saw not [i.e. troops of angels during the battle of Al?Ahz?b (the Confederates)]. And All?h is Ever All?Seer of what you do. When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached to the throats, and you were harbouring doubts about All?h. There, the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking. and when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease (of doubts) said: “All?h and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusions! and when a party of them said: “O people of Yathrib (Al?Madinah)! There is no stand (possible) for you (against the enemy attack!) Therefore go back!” And a band of them ask for permission of the Prophet saying: Truly, our homes lie open (to the enemy).” And they lay not open. They but wished to flee. and if the enemy had entered from all sides (of the city), and they had been exhorted to Al?Fitnah (i.e. to renegade from Isl?m to polytheism) they would surely have committed it and would have hesitated thereupon but little. and indeed they had already made a covenant with All?h not to turn their backs, and a covenant with All?h must be answered for. Say (O Muhammad to these hypocrites who ask your permission to run away from you): “Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or killing, and then you will enjoy no more than a little while! Say: “Who is he who can protect you from All?h if He intends to harm you, or intends mercy on you?” And they will not find, besides All?h, for themselves any Wal? (protector, supporter, etc.) or any helper. All?h already knows those among you who keep back (men) from fighting in All?h’s Cause, and those who say to their brethren “Come here towards us,” while they (themselves) come not to the battle except a little. Being miserly towards you (as regards help and aid in All?h’s Cause). Then when fear comes, you will see them looking to you, their eyes revolving like (those of) one over whom hovers death, but when the fear departs, they will smite you with sharp tongues, miserly towards (spending anything in any) good (and only covetous of booty and wealth). Such have not believed. Therefore All?h makes their deeds fruitless, and that is ever easy for All?h.  They think that Al?Ahz?b (the Confederates) have not yet withdrawn, and if Al?Ahz?b (the Confederates) should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts (wandering) among the bedouins, seeking news about you (from a far place); and if they (happen) to be among you, they would not fight but little. Indeed in the Messenger of All?h (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) All?h and the Last Day and remembers All?h much. and when the believers saw Al?Ahz?b (the Confederates), they said: “This is what All?h and His Messenger (Muhammad) had promised us, and All?h and His Messenger (Muhammad) had spoken the truth, and it only added to their faith and to their submissiveness (to All?h).  Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with All?h [i.e. they have gone out for Jih?d (holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers], of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e. have been martyred), and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed [i.e.they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with All?h] in the least. That All?h may reward the men of truth for their truth (i.e. for their patience at the accomplishment of that which they covenanted with All?h), and punish the hypocrites if He will or accept their repentance by turning to them in Mercy. Verily, All?h is Oft?Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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H??M?m. These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’?n, and none but All?h (Alone) knows their meanings. A revelation from All?h, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. A Book whereof the Verses are explained in detail; A Qur’?n in Arabic for people who know. Giving glad tidings [of Paradise to the one who believes in the Oneness of All?h (i.e. Isl?mic Monotheism) and fears All?h much (abstains from all kinds of sins and evil deeds) and loves All?h much (performing all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)], and warning (of punishment in the Hell Fire to the one who disbelieves in the Oneness of All?h), but most of them turn away, so they listen not. and they say: “Our hearts are under coverings (screened) from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a screen, so work you (on your way); verily, we are working (on our way). Say O Muhammad I am only a human being like you. It is inspired in me that your Il?h (God) is One Il?h (God - All?h), therefore take Straight Path to Him (with true Faith Isl?mic Monotheism) and obedience to Him, and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe to Al-Mushrik?n (the disbelievers in the Oneness of All?h, polytheists, idolaters, etc. - see V.2:105). Those who give not the Zak?t and they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.  Truly those who believe (in the Oneness of All?h Isl?mic Monotheism and in His Messenger Muhammad) and do righteous good deeds, for them will be an endless reward that will never stop (i.e. Paradise). Say (O Muhammad) Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days and you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Alam?n (mankind, jinns and all that exists). He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and measured therein its sustenance (for its dwellers) in four Days equal (i.e. all these four ‘days’ were equal in the length of time), for all those who ask (about its creation). Then He Istaw? (rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: “Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.” They both said: We come, willingly. Then He completed and finished from their creation (as) seven heavens in two Days and He made in each heaven its affair. And We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps (stars) to be an adornment as well as to guard (from the devils by using them as missiles against the devils). Such is the Decree of Him the All-Mighty, the All-Knower. But if they turn away, then say (O Muhammad): I have warned you of a S?’iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) like the S?’iqah which overtook ‘Ad and Tham?d (people). When the Messengers came to them, from before them and behind them (saying): Worship none but All?h” They said: If our Lord had so willed, He would surely have sent down the angels. So indeed! We disbelieve in that with which you have been sent. As for ‘Ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: “Who is mightier than us in strength?” See they not that All?h, Who created them was mightier in strength than them. And they used to deny Our Ay?t (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.)! So We sent upon them furious wind in days of evil omen (for them) that We might give them a taste of disgracing torment in this present worldly life, but surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing, and they will never be helped. and as for Tham?d, We showed and made clear to them the Path of Truth (Isl?mic Monotheism) through Our Messenger, (i.e. showed them the way of success), but they preferred blindness to guidance, so the S?’iqah (a destructive awful cry, torment, hit, a thunderbolt) of disgracing torment seized them, because of what they used to earn. and We saved those who believed and used to fear All?h, keep their duty to Him and avoid evil. and (remember) the Day that the enemies of All?h will be gathered to the Fire, so they will be collected there (the first and the last). Till, when they reach it (Hell-fire), their hearing (ears) and their eyes, and their skins will testify against them as to what they used to do. and they will say to their skins, “Why do you testify against us?” They will say: “All?h has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return. and you have not been hiding against yourselves, lest your ears, and your eyes, and your skins testify against you, but you thought that All?h knew not much of what you were doing.

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Successful indeed are the believers. Those who offer their Sal?t (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness. and those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that All?h has forbidden). and those who pay the Zak?t . and those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts) Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame; But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;  Those who are faithfully true to their Aman?t (all the duties which All?h has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts etc.) and to their covenants; and those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salaw?t (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours). These are indeed the inheritors. Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever. and indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth). Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman). Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So blessed be All?h, the Best of creators. After that, surely, you will die. Then (again), surely, you will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection. and indeed We have created above you seven heavens (one over the other), and We are never unaware of the creation. and We sent down from the sky water (rain) in (due) measure, and We gave it lodging in the earth, and verily, We are Able to take it away. Then We brought forth for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you, and whereof you eat. and a tree (olive) that springs forth from Mount Sinai, that grows oil, and (it is a) relish for the eaters. and Verily! In the cattle there is indeed a lesson for you. We give you to drink (milk) of that which is in their bellies. And there are, in them, numerous (other) benefits for you, and of them you eat. and on them, and on ships you are carried.  And indeed We sent N?h (Noah) to his people, and he said: “O my people! Worship All?h! You have no other Il?h (God) but Him (Isl?mic Monotheism). Will you not then be afraid (of Him i.e. of His Punishment because of worshipping others besides Him)? but the chiefs of those who disbelieved among his people said: “He is no more than a human being like you, he seeks to make himself superior to you. Had All?h willed, He surely could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing among our fathers of old. He is only a man in whom is madness, so wait for him a while.  [N?h (Noah)] said: “O my Lord! Help me because they deny me.  So We inspired him (saying): “Construct the ship under Our Eyes and under Our Revelation (guidance). Then, when Our Command comes, and the oven gushes forth water, take on board of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth. And address Me not in favour of those who have done wrong. Verily, they are to be drowned. and when you have embarked on the ship, you and whoever is with you, then say: “All the praises and thanks be to All?h, Who has saved us from the people who are Z?lim?n (i.e. oppressors, wrong-doers, polytheists, those who join others in worship with All?h, etc.) and say: “My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for You are the Best of those who bring to land. Verily, in this [what We did as regards drowning of the people of N?h (Noah)], there are indeed Ay?t (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc. for men to understand), for sure We are ever putting (men) to the test. Then, after them, We created another generation. and We sent to them a Messenger from among themselves (saying): “Worship All?h! You have no other Il?h (God) but Him. Will you not then be afraid (of Him i.e. of His Punishment because of worshipping others besides Him.

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By the dawn; by the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-H?ah) and by the even and the odd (of all the creations of All?. and by the night when it departs. There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)! Did you (O Muhammad not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with ‘Ad (people)? Who were very tall like lofty pillars, The like of which were not created in the land? and (with) Tham?eople), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? and (with) Fir’aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)? Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of All?. and made therein much mischief. So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them). As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): “My Lord has honoured me. But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: “My Lord has humiliated me! Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)! and urge not on the feeding of AlMisk?/i> (the poor)! and you devour inheritance all with greed, and you love wealth with much love!  Nay! When the earth is ground to powder, and your Lord comes with the angels in rows, and Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him? He will say: “Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life! So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. and none will bind as He will bind. It will be said to the pious): “O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!  Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, and enter you My Paradise.

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Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth glorifies All? And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? Most hateful it is with All?that you say that which you do not do. Verily, All?loves those who fight in His Cause in rows (ranks) as if they were a solid structure. and (remember) when M?Moses) said to his people: “O my people! Why do you hurt me while you know certainly that I am the Messenger of All?to you? So when they turned away (from the Path of All?, All?turned their hearts away (from the Right Path). And All?guides not the people who are F?q?i>(rebellious, disobedient to All?. and (remember) when ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), said: “O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of All?unto you confirming the Taur?[(Torah) which came] before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed . But when he (Ahmed i.e. Muhammad) came to them with clear proofs, they said: “This is plain magic. and who does more wrong than the one who invents a lie against All? while he is being invited to Isl? And All?guides not the people who are Z?m?> (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers) folk. They intend to put out the Light of All?(i.e. the religion of Isl? this Qur’? and Prophet Muhammad) with their mouths. But All?will complete His Light even though the disbelievers hate (it). He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with guidance and the religion of truth (Isl?c Monotheism) to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the Mushrik?> (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of All?and in His Messenger Muhammed) hate (it). O You who believe! Shall I guide you to a commerce that will save you from a painful torment. That you believe in All?and His Messenger (Muhammad), and that you strive hard and fight in the Cause of All?with your wealth and your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know! If you do so) He will forgive you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow, and pleasant dwelling in Gardens of ‘Adn ? Eternity ['Adn (Edn) Paradise], that is indeed the great success. and also (He will give you) another (blessing) which you love, help from All?(against your enemies) and a near victory. And give glad tidings (O Muhammad) to the believers. O you who believe! Be you helpers (in the Cause) of All?as said ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), to Al?Haw??> (the disciples): “Who are my helpers (in the Cause) of All?” Al?Haw?een (the disciples) said: “We are All?s helpers” (i.e. we will strive in His Cause!). Then a group of the Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So We gave power to those who believed against their enemies, and they became the uppermost.

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Glorified (and Exalted) be He (All? [above all that (evil) they associate with Him] [Tafsir Qurtub?Vol. 10, Page 204] Who took His slave (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Har?(at Makkah) to the farthest mosque (in Jerusalem), the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our Ay?(proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. and We gave M?Moses) the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel (saying): “Take not other than Me as (your) Wak?/i> (Protector, Lord, or Disposer of your affairs, etc). O offspring of those whom We carried (in the ship) with N?oah)! Verily, he was a grateful slave. and We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do mischief on the earth twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant! So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you slaves of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise (completely) fulfilled.  Then We gave you once again, a return of victory over them. And We helped you with wealth and children and made you more numerous in man power. and We said “If you do good, you do good for your ownselves, and if you do evil (you do it) against yourselves.” Then, when the second promise came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to make your faces sorrowful and to enter the mosque (of Jerusalem) as they had entered it before, and to destroy with utter destruction all that fell in their hands. and We said in the Taur?(Torah) “It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you return (to sins), We shall return (to Our Punishment). And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.  Verily, this Qur’?guides to that which is most just and right and gives glad tidings to the believers (in the Oneness of All?and His Messenger, Muhammad, etc.). who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a great reward (Paradise). and that those who believe not in the Hereafter (i.e. they disbelieve that they will be recompensed for what they did in this world, good or bad, etc.), for them We have prepared a painful torment (Hell). and man invokes (All? for evil as he invokes (All? for good and man is ever hasty [i.e., if he is angry with somebody, he invokes (saying): "O All? Curse him, etc." and that one should not do, but one should be patient]. and We have appointed the night and the day as two Ay?(signs etc.). Then, We have made dark the sign of the night while We have made the sign of day illuminating, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number of the years and the reckoning. And We have explained everything (in detail) with full explanation. and We have fastened every man’s deeds to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open. It will be said to him “Read your book. You yourself are sufficient as a reckoner against you this Day. Whoever goes right, then he goes right only for the benefit of his ownself. And whoever goes astray, then he goes astray to his own loss. No one laden with burdens can bear another’s burden. And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning). and when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey All?and be righteous) to those among them [or We (first) increase in number those of its population] who are given the good things of this life. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it with complete destruction. and how many generations have We destroyed after N?oah)! And Sufficient is your Lord as an All-Knower and All-Beholder of the sins of His slaves. Whoever wishes for the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell, he will burn therein disgraced and rejected, ( far away from All?s Mercy). and whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it (i.e. do righteous deeds of All?s Obedience) while he is a believer (in the Oneness of All?Isl?c Monotheism), then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated, thanked and rewarded (by All?. To each these as well as those We bestow from the Bounties of your Lord. And the Bounties of your Lord can never be forbidden.  See how We prefer one above another (in this world) and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preference.  Set not up with All?any other il?/i> (god), (O man)! (This verse is addressed to Prophet Muhammad, but its implication is general to all mankind), or you will sit down reproved, forsaken (in the Hell-fire). and your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour. and lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: “My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small. Your Lord knows best what is in your inner-selves. If you are righteous, then, verily, He is Ever Most Forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again in obedience, and in repentance. and give to the kindred his due and to the Misk?(poor) and to the wayfarer. But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift . [Tafsir. At-Tabar?Vol. 10, Page 158 (Verse 9: 60)]. Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayat?/i> (devils), and the Shait?/i> (Devil ? Satan) is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

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H??/i>. These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’?and none but All?(Alone) knows their meanings]. By the manifest Book (this Qur’? that makes things clear, We sent it (this Qur’? down on a blessed night [(i.e. night of Qadr, S?No: 97) in the month of Ramad?, the 9th month of the Isl?c calendar]. Verily, We are ever warning [mankind that Our Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in Our Oneness of worship].  Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments.  Amran i.e. a Command or this Qur’an or the Decree of every matter from Us. Verily, We are ever sending (the Messengers) (As) a Mercy from your Lord. Verily! He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you (but) have a faith with certainty. L?laha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fore-fathers. Nay! They play in doubt. Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.  Covering the people, this is a painful torment. They will say): “Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really we shall become believers! How can there be for them an admonition (at the time when the torment has reached them), when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them. Then they had turned away from him (Messenger Muhammad) and said: “One (Muhammad) taught (by a human being), a madman! Verily, We shall remove the torment for a while. Verily! You will revert. On the Day when we shall seize you with the greatest grasp. Verily, We will exact retribution.and indeed We tried before them Fir’aun’s (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. M?Moses)], Saying: “Restore to me the slaves of All?(i.e. the Children of Israel). Verily! I am to you a Messenger worthy of all trust, and exalt not (yourselves) against All? Truly, I have come to you with a manifest authority. and truly, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me (or call me a sorcerer or kill me). But if you believe me not, then keep away from me and leave me alone. But they were aggressive), so he [M?Moses)] called upon his Lord (saying): “These are indeed the people who are Mujrim?i>(disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.). (All?said): “Depart you with My slaves by night. Surely, you will be pursued. and leave the sea as it is (quiet and divided). Verily, They are a host to be drowned. How many of gardens and springs do they [Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people] left. and green crops (fields etc.) and goodly places and comforts of life wherein they used to take delight!  Thus (it was)! And We made other people inherit them (i.e. We made the Children of Israel to inherit the kingdom of Egypt). and the heavens and the earth wept not for them , nor were they given a respite. and indeed We saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment, From Fir’aun (Pharaoh); Verily! He was arrogant and was of the Musrif?i>(those who transgress beyond bound in spending and other things and commit great sins).

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